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  • May 2008
    • Facebook Sets Safeguards Against Sexual Predators

      Facebook Sets Safeguards Against Sexual Predators

      Facebook has implemented more than 40 additional measures to protect users from pedophiles and online bullying, the AP reports. The site now limits results for older users searching for minors, and has banned sex offenders from registering. "Building a safe and trusted online experience has been part of Facebook from its outset," said the site’s chief privacy officer. More »

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      children   Facebook   social networking   online privacy   child pornography   pedophile   sexual predators

    • Canada Raises Age of Sexual Consent to 16

      Canada Raises Age of Sexual Consent to 16

      Canada increased the minimum age of sexual consent by 2 years to 16 today, the Canadian Press reports. The law is intended to snare sexual predators who prey on 14- and 15-year-olds, and exempts sex that occurs between two individuals less than five years apart in age. Canada's age of consent has been 14 since 1892. More »

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      Canada   teenagers   age   teenager   teen sex   sexual predators   sexual predator   age of sexual consent

  • January 2008
    • Sex Convicts May Face Internet Ban

      Sex Convicts May Face Internet Ban

      New York's 25,000 convicted sex criminals will be banned from Facebook and MySpace if a bill unveiled today becomes law, CNET reports. Dubbed E-Stop, the legislation requires sex convicts to submit online identities and screen names so participating sites can block them. Those who committed a sex crime over the Internet would have usage controlled by the state's parole board. More »

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      Internet   Facebook   New York   social networking   MySpace   sex crime   sexual predators

    • MySpace Adds Anti-Predator Measures

      MySpace Adds Anti-Predator Measures

      MySpace will add protections to prevent abuse by sexual predators, officials of several states said today. The social networking company reached an agreement with 49 states over concerns about predators contacting children through its popular site. MySpace will also join a working group aimed at developing new technologies, such as age verification, and that other sites will be invited as well, the AP reports. More »

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      Facebook   social networking   MySpace   Internet security   sexual predators

  • September 2007
    • NY Targets Facebook Predators

      NY Targets Facebook Predators

      The online social networking site Facebook is becoming a hangout for sexual predators hunting young victims, according to an undercover investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Investigators pretending to be teenagers on Facebook were repeatedly solicited by adult sexual predators, reports Computerworld . But when complaints were filed with Facebook, the company usually ignored them, probers found. More »

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      Facebook   Attorney General   pornography   subpoena   Andrew Cuomo   sexual predators

  • June 2007
    • Sex Offenders Snared in MySpace Web

      Sex Offenders Snared in MySpace Web

      Texas officials using ID information ceded by MySpace have nabbed seven sex offenders trolling the online networking site. Six were arrested for violating parole, which barred them from using the internet, and another had failed to register as a sex offender with the local police. The seven men had been convicted of assaulting kids as young as 4 years old. More »

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      Internet   MySpace   sexual predators

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